In the Aegyptiaca, a third-century Greek language history of Egypt, the author—an Egyptian priest known as Manetho—throws another potential wrench into our understanding by stating that after ...

Anysis was a minor king, not ruling over most of Egypt like Shebitku and Shabaka did. He was probably identical to Ameres, recorded by Manetho as the founder of the 26th Dynasty, which ruled from Sais ...